Ready For A Rematch?
by hildymac on Aug 26, 2010 2:12 PM CDT
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PrintAfter a pretty successful first quarter of the season last year, my first place team in the SLGT fantasy team did what every other team of mine did - imploded and burst into flames. I'd like a chance to fix that this year.
Actual photograph of my fantasy team in action.
Anyone up for another SLGT fantasy hockey league? The Yahoo ones are up and waiting to be set up. This year I won't accidentally check the three goalies option, I promise. Depending on how many folks reply in the affirmative will be how many team slots I have, plus a few extras.
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Affirmative.
I suck in the baseball one – okay, I’ll probably suck in the hockey one too but let’s give this thing a go.
Count me in, dude.
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"There's one thing you never put in a trap, if you're smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there's one thing you never, ever put in a trap...ME."
The Eleventh Doctor - he's da man!
i am soooo down
beware, the Cunning Stunts (duh duhduh DUH!) are coming to town.
"If they don't score, we can't lose." - Gene Briggs
As long as you need someone in last place
I’ll play.
Can we please just win one cup?
Hey, hey, hey... I'm pullin' rank and seniority here...
If anyone’s gonna finish in last place, it’;s gonna be me and the Route 66 Regiment, goddammit…
Needless to say, Ms. Hildy, I’m in.
B.
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Aug 26, 2010 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm in.
But I too will probably not do well. Can we have a league where everyone is in last place?
Sometimes, I wonder why hockey came south of St. Louis, and then I realize, I'm south of St. Louis. Coincidence, I think not.
That might be do-able.
I’ll check if there’s a “we all suck” checkbox in the options. The positivity around here is mind blowing. I love this site.
Thrashing the Blues
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Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
Ooh, can I join too or am I ineligible because i’m a writer for another site?
In Lou We Trust: Continuing a saga no one really cares about
If the quality of my posts begin to get better, it's because i'm doing steroids.
by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 26, 2010 2:43 PM CDT reply actions
There'll be a hazing ritual.
You have to have Chris Osgood as your goalie for the first month. After that, you’re golden.
Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
My fantasy teams are always like the Flyers. Goaltenders who blow chunks but a decent forward crop.
In Lou We Trust: Continuing a saga no one really cares about
If the quality of my posts begin to get better, it's because i'm doing steroids.
by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 26, 2010 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Meaning I can deal with playing one goalie down for a month.
In Lou We Trust: Continuing a saga no one really cares about
If the quality of my posts begin to get better, it's because i'm doing steroids.
by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 26, 2010 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions
What the hell, I'll try this fantasy league thing out.
The Ice Icebabies are ready to rule the world of imaginary hockey!
by Paperwork Ninja on Aug 26, 2010 2:46 PM CDT reply actions
I'm in for sure!
Perhaps the skill (read: extreme luck) that’s kept me in first place in our fantasy baseball league since mid- May will carry me through the winter!
I know it's time for hockey because I've started singing "Don't Stop Believing" with the words "...born and raised in FUCK DETRIOT!!!"
by J-Mill on Aug 26, 2010 2:50 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
hmm was that the famous zepplin
hildyburgh on its maiden flight to the pepsi center?
A strong anvil fears no hammer
by Childhood Trauma on Aug 26, 2010 3:03 PM CDT reply actions
That's the cover of Led Zeppelin I...
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Aug 26, 2010 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
*fwoom*
That was almost the Hildyburgh in traffic today, only probably on a larger scale. People SERIOUSLY need to learn how the fuck to drive around here.
Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
No shit.
I drove through Atlanta last Wednesday and this past Monday, and saw shit that made my pucker pucker. Atlanta drivers make Chicago drivers look like St. Louis drivers.
Oh, my God, what a horrible experience for you.
I think part of the problem is that no one has drivers ed in schools here so all the parents who can’t drive teach the kids to not know how to drive and it just perpetuates the cycle of stupid that seems to be a way of life around here.
Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
They should just go to the depressed section and die…
Oh wait.. wrong town..
They should just go sit on the connector and die…
PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?
They do that.
It’s called 5:00 on a Friday.
The highways down here are a learning experience in how to have a near death experience.
Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
I know..
Been there enough now to know how bad it is. I’m just glad my Bro knows the back roads downtown for when we go to games there.
BTW, isn’t ATL where those teens did that video of 5 or 6 of them doing the speed limit tying up traffic for miles?
PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?
Yepper!
I think they were Georgia Tech students – or as people called them on the road, “those damn jackasses holding up traffic.”
Does your bro go Northside to Marietta Street too? Cuts about 20 minutes off of the drive – can’t understand why people don’t go that way.
Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
Ya
(Sorry for the thread hi-jack.)
I think so…Most of the time I think we actually park under the dome and walk over… last time, as you remember, we parked in post apocolyupse Atlanta tho.
Check out the pic from said parking adventure….
PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?
That's what rush hour here'll do to you.
The dude behind me almost wound up looking like that – he was driving so far up on my ass he could have been a proctologist. Idiot in front of me slammed on their breaks to make a left hand turn, and the guy behind be swerved about 20 feet to the left to miss me. And that was on a 2 lane road with a speed limit of 35.
Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
I'm in
Will be the 2nd time ever playing fantasy hockey. Did I mention I suck?
Count me in
I’ve only done it once before. Be gentle with me
The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. But that's the way to bet. - Damon Runyon
Never done it before...
But why the heck not!!
I’ll give it a whirl!
Put your big girl panties on and deal with it!
I'm in.
As long as we don’t have 3 or more starting goalies like last year.
PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?
by DanGNR on Aug 26, 2010 3:55 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I would've like
one actual starting goalie LOL
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
I checked the wrong box!
It’ll be fixed – promise. Hey, I wound up with Legace, Hedberg, and some random back up last year.
Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
Just funnin’ wit ya!
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
Me too.. just messin with the commish...
sorry… the ones in the league know that it was an accident and 1st time for everyone.
It was still a blast…
Just no more then TWO goalies per team.
20 teams in our league is a LOT though too…Do we want the same?
PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?
I am ashamed to say ...
… I picked up Jimmy Howard on waivers right away and he contributed to my rise to the top of the standings. .
Hangs head in shame momentarily
Sighh..
I might have won that league had I not refused to draft/trade-for/waiver-wire ANY wing.
I absolutely refused to allow any of those tampon applicators to bleed red on any of the other players on MY fantasy team.
Just can’t get over the Fuck detroit factor.
PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?
Hey, all's fair in love and war.
Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
In, because none of you are bad enough to beat me to the basement.
I finish in more cellars than the Blair Witch.
2 things
Needs only 2 goalies per team.
Can’t be too big. Last year we had 20 people and the roster were pretty much locked in all season with all the good players taken before the 4th round of drafting. Keep the size down to something like 12people and just have multiple leagues would make it more playable.
He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Just because Jay McClement is the best defensive forward in the NHL doesn't mean he should win the Selke.
Yeah, yeah... a GT-NHL and a GT-AHL...
We can assign placement in the major league or the farm league depending on whatever factor(s) Commish Hildy wishes to use. I’ve got no problem with placing the Regiment in the GT-minors, since I’m probably going to draft the youngest/most prospect-like team I can anyway…
B.
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Aug 26, 2010 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Icion Johnson is right!
As is Prospect Department Johnson.
12-14 max per league, with (hopefully) equal numbers of teams in each. Perhaps with some promotion/relegation guidelines to set league membership for 2011-12.
Rrrrerrin'!!!
I know it's time for hockey because I've started singing "Don't Stop Believing" with the words "...born and raised in FUCK DETRIOT!!!"
by J-Mill on Aug 26, 2010 5:38 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I can do that.
Do you want me to do first come first serve, or just set up a SLGT A league and a SLGT B league? It looks like there’re quite a few folks around here who are wanting to participate.
Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
How about....
A we’ve done this before league (A) and a rookie league (B)? We could name them, I don’t know, the Abby League and the Petro League. You can ask where people are, or just tell them to join the right league. If the numbers don’t add up, we could move folks around.
Sometimes, I wonder why hockey came south of St. Louis, and then I realize, I'm south of St. Louis. Coincidence, I think not.
Oooh, good idea.
Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
I'm for a
draw names out of a hat and mix us all up.
I want some people I can beat LOL.
Of course since I’ve only done fantasy hockey once I can have an excuse for being sucky on the A league
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
Jag är med! I mean, I’m in also.
If I get the first draft pick, I’m going w/ DP57.
St. Louis Game Time
by Marcus E Pettersson on Aug 26, 2010 5:09 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Are we doing live draft this yr
I think last yr it was automatic wasn’t it? Maybe I’m dreaming.
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
Oh, I'm in
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
I wanna say it was automatic.
I could try a live draft, but getting everyone around a computer at the same time is usually kind of rough. It’s a shame we can’t all get together, order a pizza & some wings, drink beer, and do a live draft like that.
Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
What the hell why not
Never done the fantasy thing before but every league needs some fodder to make the other people look good.
No one knows why, but second only to eating the brains of the living, the dead love affordable pre-fab furniture.
Oh, do we get extra points for annoying mascots?
Just wondering.
by Paperwork Ninja on Aug 26, 2010 8:19 PM CDT reply actions
Does Yahoo count them?
Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
I don't know, but maybe they should.
After seeing the Getty Images photo of the Penguins’ mascot teabagging Thunderbug while the Senators’ and Panthers’ watch with what looks like approval during the 1996 All-Star Game, there needs to be Annoying Mascot Points.
by Paperwork Ninja on Aug 27, 2010 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions
That probably wins the awkward mascot award contest...
Though this one gives it a run for its money:
Thrashing the Blues
SB Nation Atlanta - home of the Fairest and Weatheriest fans on the net.
Reporter: There`s a "stamp out the Beatles movement" underway in Detroit. What are you going to do about it?
Paul McCartney: We`re going to start a campaign to stamp out Detroit.
Oh I could have fun
creating a Gerihat Trick mascot.
No idea what one of those would look like.
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
If there's still room, I'd be down
I can handle my buddies who don’t seem to realize the Buffalo Ryan Millers Sabres suck, let’s see how I can do against everyone here!
I doubt I’ll get to pick up Halak mid-season, again, though…
"What's the use of being Irish if you can't be thick?" Billy Conn
Sextus: You can break a man's skull, you can arrest him, you can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you control what's up here?
[taps his head]
How do you fight an idea?
I'll get in on this if there is room...
I love me some fantasy hockey
'I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.'
MARK VIDUKA
SLGT League Teams, Multiple Leagues?
I sent this suggestions to Hildy:
Take the top 6 or 7 teams from last year:
1. The 57ers 160-87-28 .633
2. Patty’s BigYelloTaxi 157-90-28
3. Reggae Robots 159-95-21
4. Vogons 144-97-34 .585
5. anabolic steroids 141-101-33
6. 20 Cent Hoodlums 138-110-27
7. El Poco Johnssons 135-111-29
and the 1st 6 or 7 responders today and make that the SLGT “A” league.
and the next 12-14 that want in for the “B” league. (diff commish?)
“and so on and so forth.” as Zorg says.
20 teams is too many, 10 is too few. (esp. for the interest that has been shown here).
Or have we confirmed every team member from last year wants in?
Maybe Hildy could email the top 14 SLGT managers from last year and see if they want to stay in?
PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?
The rest:
8. Fighting Donut Kings 137-114-24
9. Hated Rival Fans 131-115-29
10. Bluies Poo Bombers 130-115-30
11. GERIHAT TRICKS 128-116-31
12. Emo Manny 129-122-24
13. Ice Breakers 115-133-27
14. Lehigh River Ferries 109-130-36
15. Wad’s Squad 110-142-23
16. Nations 96-143-36
17. Monroeville Zombies 98-148-29
18. Icecats 94-154-27
19. KC Redemption 74-164-37
20. Lakewood Legends 79-177-19
PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?
I hate being looped in with "The Rest" crowd, but . . . if it must be, it must be.
St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.
And I can also write things in 140 characters or fewer.
Since we're getting such a great response, might I suggest ...
… we arrange the leagues European Football style.
Top eight teams (I’m pulling for you Donut King!) and four or six first responders (as DanGNR suggested) make up the Backes league. The first division is the Petro league or what-have-you.
Top three teams in Petro league move up. Bottom three teams in Backes league move down.
Thoughts?
Ima offended by the name GERIHAT TRICKS
Just cuz I gotta eat prunes doesn’t mean you can be hatin on us old dudes
Just a chew toy for the hockey gods
I am one of us old dames
(Damn I hate admitting that)
You don’t need prunes!! I don’t eat prunes and I had 2 kids.
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
at least you were
the first of the rest. I didn’t remember being smack dab mediocre.
I thought I was awful.
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
“The rest” is what happens when you don’t pay close attention and you start 4 players that are injured.
Chicagoan in the Lou.
by Mike Martin on Aug 30, 2010 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions
So I guess I'm a "legacy" owner at this point, amongst several others.
Yes, I’m in. I’ll probably come up with a different team name just to change luck.
St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.
And I can also write things in 140 characters or fewer.
Mighty Donuts of Macoupin?
"If we do not prepare for ourselves the role of the hammer, there will be nothing left but that of the anvil."
-- Otto von Bismarck, 1851
http://futurenotes.blogspot.com
by Tomorrows Blues on Aug 27, 2010 8:17 AM CDT up reply actions
No, the Donut Kings work.
They’ll be right up there with the Wheat Kings and Oil Kings.
by Paperwork Ninja on Aug 27, 2010 8:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Perhaps the "South Mac DonutKings".
We’ll see if it fits Yahoo’s stupid character limit. Looks like it should.
St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.
And I can also write things in 140 characters or fewer.
Noooo
We need names that kind of go with our screen names/personalities/gulp-ages!!
I had no idea who some of the teams belonged to
But I knew who you were!!
Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
Too late?
Is it too late to get it on this?
The 57ers ...
… are ready to DEFEND OUR TITLE!!!!!
I’m in and have to give props to the Wisconsin product, Joe Pavelski, for helping fuel the championship run.
Last year when the idea of a fantasy league first cropped up, I suggested to one of our fearless leaders that a requirement for the league be one must always have a Blue in the lineup. It’d only be doable if we opt for a live draft, though.
What does everyone think?
I did the opposite
last year. Not for a single day did I employ a Red Wing OR a Blackhawk, not even on my bench.
by k10patel on Aug 27, 2010 11:24 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
If that were the case last year . . .
I’d have had the equivalent of the Lifetime Fuck-up Award.
Did not have ONE Blue Note through the course of the season last year, at least as I remember it.
St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.
And I can also write things in 140 characters or fewer.
I had mason for about half a season
and his weeks of 5+ GAA kinda bit me in the ass! Waivered him for…..Howard
Also had EJ for a while, but I traded him for…. Keith…
I am a dirty sell-out
"What's the use of being Irish if you can't be thick?" Billy Conn
Sextus: You can break a man's skull, you can arrest him, you can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you control what's up here?
[taps his head]
How do you fight an idea?
by Crapchesterian on Aug 29, 2010 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions
I posted this as a fanshot as well but....
So if anyone is interested I run a yahoo league…..
league name is St Louis Area Puckheads
password is 3263827
i need to do some fine tuning but the league is split into 4 divisions with playoffs the last 2 weeks of the season……Live draft on sept 25th at 630pm
I still maintain Vladimir Konstantinov got what he deserved...If you can't handle that then kiss my ass......
"I've got a bad feeling about this..."
20 Cent Hoodlums
are ready for action.
by k10patel on Aug 27, 2010 7:35 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Dang it. Team Name decisions are hard.
I’ll be in the rookie league, since I never tried out one of these fantasy league things before.
I’m not sure what to use for a team name. Do I go with the “Greater Springpatch Ice Icebabies” or the “Sangamon County Fightin’ Bureaucrats”? The Ice Icebabies play “Ice Ice Baby” for pretty much every goal, fight, intermission, puck drop, mascot dance… well, they just keep it on a loop for 100 minutes. The Fightin’ Bureaucrats believe you have their stapler.
Or maybe I should go with the Fightin’ Ice Bureaucrats?
Decisions, decisions.
by Paperwork Ninja on Aug 27, 2010 8:29 AM CDT reply actions
I'll play
I’ll volunteer to be in the b-league since I haven’t posted here in a while. Damn being away from the internet for over a year haha!
by TheDarkMongoose on Aug 29, 2010 11:24 AM CDT reply actions
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